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E-book customer sharing with anti-piracy group BREIN faces political backlash 27 Aug 2013 | 03:10 pm
Remember the news that a number of Dutch-speaking e-book vendors had agreed to share information of customers, ehm, suspected pirates, with the anti-piracy watchdog BREIN? Well, it caused quite the ba...
O'Reilly: 50% off all eBooks & Videos (valid until Sep 10, 2013) 27 Aug 2013 | 12:37 pm
Quote: Originally Posted by O'Reilly Back to (Tech) School Sale Save 50% on *all* ebooks & videos Spend More, Save More – Save 60% on orders greater than $100! Shop over 7000 ebooks and videos f...
MobileRead September Book Club Vote 25 Aug 2013 | 02:05 am
September 2013 MobileRead Book Club Vote Help us choose a book as the September 2013 eBook for the MobileRead Book Club. The poll will be open for 5 days. There will be no runoff vote unless the voti...
MobileRead Week in Review: 08/17 - 08/24 24 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
Feast your eyes on some of the discussions from this week at MobileRead... E-Book General - News Kindle Fire HD: More leaked benchmarks; codenamed Soho, Thor and Apollo Samsung Galaxy Mega hits the...
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire 23 Aug 2013 | 07:56 pm
A bit of a bombshell announced today, as Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who's been the visible "face" of Microsoft since the retirement of Bill Gates, announced that he is to retire within the next 12 m...
Refurbished Nook Glow Light $59.99 today (8/23) 23 Aug 2013 | 07:11 pm
The post title pretty much says it all: refurbished Nook Glow Light for $59.99 today only. I have purchased from Tanga before and have no complaints. Link
Bogus takedown notice sent to the wrong person; Harvard Prof. Lessig fights back 23 Aug 2013 | 02:51 pm
Yes, rightsholders are entitled to protect their content from being pirated, but it's a sad fact that many of them are quite trigger-happy when it comes to wiping their content off the face of the Int...
Twistbook dual-screen E Ink reader concept 23 Aug 2013 | 01:54 pm
Now, you're not going to see this in stores any time soon. But if you've always liked the idea of mimicking the act of reading a book, take a look at the Twistbook (see attached images). Fabrice Dubuy...
calibre reaches version 1.0, after seven years in the making 23 Aug 2013 | 12:16 pm
Lo and behold, today marks the day when calibre has finally reached the all-important 1.0 status. We've to go far back in time - somewhere in late October 2006 to be precise - when MobileReader and ca...
Kindle Fire loses ground while Apple and Samsung gain, latest report suggests 22 Aug 2013 | 11:44 pm
According to the latest MobileSTAT reports from Jumptap, Apple is still the dominating force in the tablet market, while Samsung continues to make gains. Unfortunately for Amazon, the Kindle Fire lose...
